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Greetings from Germany

Hello from the edge Stuttgart, Germany. I'm looking at getting a pedicab, probably a Maximus, as much for private use as anything, and everyone looks at me funny when I say it here. As far as I know there is no pedicab company in Stuttgart as the steep hills mitigate against pedal power so I could do with somewhere to get advice and generally talk with persons of like mind...

Welcome

Enjoy the forum, you will manage to get to the source of like minded . Peddle pumpers in Scot land look to be the same type of land as wot you wana peddle. So talk to Ian at cycle maximus for a contact.

Woah... sorry for the rude silence. Life took over and I forgot to respond. Thanks for the welcome. We've put a careful toe in the water by getting an Xtracycle conversion to see if we'd use a workbike/rickshaw for our family transport: We're using it almost daily and getting better at climbing hills. ONly trouble is local infrastructure is geared to two wheels, so we aren't sure if a three wheeler will fit anywhere...

That seems to be a common problem (velo infrastructure designed for 2 wheels, and not wide things). We´ve held off due to that problem. Plus, Switzerland has a law that bikes/velos must be no more than 1m wide, while most modern commercial rikschas are 1.2m wide. I didn´t think that the extra 20cm would be a problem until I started measuring potential car-free paths...